The Doors were an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1965, known for a collective songwriting approach that credited compositions to all four members: vocalist and lyricist Jim Morrison, guitarist Robby Krieger, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, and drummer John Densmore. Rather than relying on a single songwriter, the band developed material collaboratively, with Morrison typically contributing lyrics and vocal melodies, Krieger writing music and additional lyrics, Manzarek shaping harmonic and keyboard arrangements, and Densmore building rhythmic frameworks. This process produced six studio albums before Morrison's death in 1971. The band's catalog on AllSolos spans thirty-five compositions and traces their full creative arc, from the debut album's Break On Through (To The Other Side), Light My Fire, Soul Kitchen, The Crystal Ship, and The End, through the psychedelic explorations of Strange Days, People Are Strange, Love Me Two Times, Moonlight Drive, and When The Music's Over. Later work includes Roadhouse Blues, L.A. Woman, Riders on the Storm, Love Her Madly, Spanish Caravan, and Five to One. Several individual compositions are also credited separately to Krieger and Morrison as sole writers. The Doors drew on blues, flamenco, jazz, and poetry to create music that defied easy categorization, and their songs have been widely covered and studied. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993.
